Girardi: I'd watch Clemens

Count Yankees manager Joe Girardi among the curious who would tune in if, somehow, a Sugar Land Skeeters game winds up on television and the Skeeters' newest acquisition -- 50-year-old Roger Clemens -- happens to be starting.

"I'm sure I would tune in and watch," Girardi said.

Girardi also said he was not surprised to hear that Clemens -- who has not pitched in the big-leagues since 2007 and was recently acquitted of lying under oath when he denied using steroids during a Congressional hearing -- was returning to pitch for the independent Atlantic League team, which is based about 20 miles from his hometown of Houston. Clemens is scheduled to start Saturday against Bridgeport.

Wallace Matthews has covered New York sports since 1983 as a reporter, columnist, radio host and TV commentator. He covers the Yankees for ESPNNewYork.com after working for Newsday, the New York Post, the New York Sun and ESPN New York 98.7 FM.Follow Wallace on Twitter »Chat archive »

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Wallace Matthews

Wallace Matthews has covered NY sports since 1983 as a reporter, columnist, radio host and TV commentator. He joins ESPNNewYork to cover the Yankees, which he's done since the days of Stump Merrill for Newsday, the New York Post, the New York Sun and ESPN New York 98.7 FM.

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